High School Wrestling: Golden Eagles defeat Brookings

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BROOKINGS - Aberdeen Central used the middle weight classes to build a 20-point lead and held on for a 36-28 win over Brookings in an Eastern South Dakota Conference wrestling dual on Thursday.

The Bobcats earned 12 points on pins in the final two weight classes but the Golden Eagles survived.

We knew Brookings was tough in the last two weights and that's where they win. They like to score big points throughout their lineup and we kept that down a little bit, said Central coach Shawn Lewis.

The Golden Eagles got off to a fast start with a 5-1 decision by Seth Moore at 106 pounds and Trevor Hieb followed at 113 pounds with a pin over Marlin Silva in 1 minute 5 seconds.

Aberdeen Central put together four straight wins from 132 to 152 pounds and tacked on nine points at 182 and 195 pounds for a 36-16 lead.

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That's the strong point in our lineup. Those are the points we need if we are going to be successful in duals. No one person stands out. It was pretty even across the board, said Lewis.

John Frisco started the Eagles winning streak with a pin over Ty Johnson at 132 pounds. Griffin Hieb tacked on a 7-3 decision over Nick Hanson at 138. Mitch Johnson picked up a forfeit win at 145 pounds and Alex Ruelas turned in an 11-5 decision over Weston Resmen at 152 pounds.

Trevor and Seth knew that they needed to get things rolling and both those kids did, said Lewis. Brookings has a solid team. That's for sure. We need to keep our team healthy this time of the year and spring board into February when things really start to matter.

Aberdeen Central continues a busy week of action by hosting the Lee Wolf Invitational on Saturday at Golden Eagles Arena. Wrestling begins at 10 a.m. on four mats with championship rounds at 7 p.m.